And look,וְהִנֵּהI have stretched outנָטִיתִיmy handיָדִיagainst youעָלַיִךְand withdrawnוָאֶגְרַעyour allotted portion,חֻקֵּךְand given youוָאֶתְּנֵךְto the desireבְּנֶפֶשׁof those who hate you,שֹׂנְאוֹתַיִךְthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof the Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםwho are ashamedהַנִּכְלָמוֹתof your wayמִדַּרְכֵּךְof infamy.זִמָּה
Ezekiel 16:27
Study it in the app“And look, I have stretched out my hand against you and withdrawn your allotted portion, and given you to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your way of infamy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:27, word by word
- I have stretched outנָטִיתִיnatiti
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- and withdrawnאֶגְרַעegra
take away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “egra” appears- your allotted portionחֻקֵּchuke
portion
The part or measure due to someone, like a ration or a quota.
Where else “chuke” appears- and given youאֶתְּנֵetne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “etne” appears- to the desireנֶפֶשׁnefesh
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of those who hate youשֹׂנְאוֹתַיִsonotayi
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sonotayi” appears- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- who are ashamedנִּכְלָמוֹתnichlamot
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “nichlamot” appears- of your wayדַּרְכֵּdarke
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darke” appears- of infamyזִמָּהzima
lewdness
A shameful deed, especially sexual.
Where else “zima” appears
The context
26And you prostituted yourself with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, great of flesh, and multiplied your prostitution to provoke me.
27 · This verse (above)
28And you prostituted yourself with the sons of Assyria, because you were never satisfied; you prostituted yourself with them, and still you were not satisfied.